# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-10-03 20:40 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Trending Up  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-10-03 20:40 UTC (2026-10-03T20:40:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-03-20-40/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-03-20-40/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 19
- **Total Impressions:** 193.9K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 5
- **Bearish / Negative:** 0
- **Neutral:** 14

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 72, Retweets: 616, Likes: 19993, Impressions: 193909


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @justaflatbat
> **Author:** [@justaflatbat](https://x.com/justaflatbat)  
> **Metrics:** 18.5K likes · 384 retweets · 15 comments · 140.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:16:35+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/justaflatbat/status/2106085956004491614](https://x.com/justaflatbat/status/2106085956004491614)  


> 
> "Had an exam question where I had to estimate the blood pressure in a giraffes head when it bent down to drink water and the answer i got was the same order of magnitude as the pressure inside a star lol. Think I nailed it."


### Discussion #2 by @KeLebegindansi
> **Author:** [@KeLebegindansi](https://x.com/KeLebegindansi)  
> **Metrics:** 184 likes · 19 retweets · 19 comments · 27.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T17:18:35+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/KeLebegindansi/status/2106433746391982302](https://x.com/KeLebegindansi/status/2106433746391982302)  


> 
> "Was there life on Mars?  

Look carefully at this shape.
Does it look like a random rock, or does it resemble a trilobite fossil buried in the soil?

Science will say it's just a rock. But when you look at this image, something inside you feels like we've touched one of the"


### Discussion #3 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 115 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 11.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-02T14:18:43.925000+00:00  



> 
> "To read 2,000-year-old burned scrolls, scientists burn their own

Similar to r/history"


### Discussion #4 by @Kenyabirder
> **Author:** [@Kenyabirder](https://x.com/Kenyabirder)  
> **Metrics:** 1.1K likes · 198 retweets · 28 comments · 9.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T14:03:16+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Kenyabirder/status/2106384595226660994](https://x.com/Kenyabirder/status/2106384595226660994)  


> 
> "Hamerkop in Murang'a"


### Discussion #5 by @10_adria
> **Author:** [@10_adria](https://x.com/10_adria)  
> **Metrics:** 16 likes · 5 retweets · 1 comments · 777 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T20:03:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/10_adria/status/2106475159645573380](https://x.com/10_adria/status/2106475159645573380)  


> **Visual Context:** A nighttime cityscape of Barcelona shows the Villarroel street area near Hospital Clínic at 21:38, with dark apartment buildings silhouetted against a cloudy sky and a few illuminated windows visible. The post tags several Catalan meteorology accounts and journalists, suggesting the image was taken to document nighttime weather conditions in the city.  

> 
> "C/Villarroel at the height of Hospital Clínic, 21:38h 
@meteo_garraf
 @meteocat
 @gemmapuigf
 @TomasMolinaB
 @3CatInfoelTemps
 @3CatInfo"


### Discussion #6 by @meteotempSB
> **Author:** [@meteotempSB](https://x.com/meteotempSB)  
> **Metrics:** 15 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 728 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T20:07:40+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/meteotempSB/status/2106476298746867957](https://x.com/meteotempSB/status/2106476298746867957)  


> **Visual Context:** A weather radar map showing heavy precipitation over the Barcelona region of Spain, with intense red and orange storm cells visible over Barcelona, Terrassa, and surrounding areas, extending from Andorra down to the Mediterranean coast.  

> 
> "110 mm recollits al nostre observatori de Sant Boi."


### Discussion #7 by @SciNatureNews
> **Author:** [@SciNatureNews](https://x.com/SciNatureNews)  
> **Metrics:** 12 likes · 4 retweets · 1 comments · 591 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T20:17:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SciNatureNews/status/2106478645401292811](https://x.com/SciNatureNews/status/2106478645401292811)  


> 
> ": Astronomers capture shockwaves from nova explosions in High-Definition.    

"The images give us a close-up view of how material is ejected away from the star during the explosion.""


### Discussion #8 by @shelwinkleywx
> **Author:** [@shelwinkleywx](https://x.com/shelwinkleywx)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 553 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T19:27:37+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/shelwinkleywx/status/2106466219012596091](https://x.com/shelwinkleywx/status/2106466219012596091)  


> 
> "2:25pm Radar: Healthy splash of rain (~7mi from Kyle Field) on the Southeast side of College Station, headed northwest.

No lightning concerns at the moment. Could bring wind 15-20mph as it nears/passes by #bcstx #Aggieland"


### Discussion #9 by @dr_olayideh
> **Author:** [@dr_olayideh](https://x.com/dr_olayideh)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 333 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T18:56:03+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/dr_olayideh/status/2106458272987279614](https://x.com/dr_olayideh/status/2106458272987279614)  


> **Visual Context:** A labeled diagram of a human head shows the olfactory system, including the 'Hippocampus', 'Olfactory Bulb', 'Amygdala', and 'Receptor Cells', with a flower near the nose.  

> 
> "True Doc, this connection is especially remarkable in dogs.

Dogs have an exceptionally well-developed olfactory system. When a dog detects a scent, the information is processed through neural pathways that communicate with brain regions involved in learning, memory, emotion and"


### Discussion #10 by @meteo_76
> **Author:** [@meteo_76](https://x.com/meteo_76)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 282 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T19:36:16+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/meteo_76/status/2106468394455232683](https://x.com/meteo_76/status/2106468394455232683)  


> 
> "De belles couleurs observées ce samedi soir !

Le saviez-vous ? La couleur d’un coucher de soleil dépend de la nature des nuages. Selon l’altitude de ce dernier, la couleur peut varier. Ce qui se passe concrètement, les rayons du soleil se réfractent sur les nuages, apportant"


### Discussion #11 by @SatAmericaFNC
> **Author:** [@SatAmericaFNC](https://x.com/SatAmericaFNC)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 210 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T20:24:15+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SatAmericaFNC/status/2106480472721142230](https://x.com/SatAmericaFNC/status/2106480472721142230)  


> 
> "Researchers say they found evidence of Noah’s Ark in Turkey

Andrew Jones, founder of 
@noahsarkscans
, tells 
@KayleighMcEnany
 the formation measures exactly 300 cubits long — the same length described in Genesis 6."


### Discussion #12 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 200 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T09:42:11.597000+00:00  



> 
> "IAEA Triples Nuclear Power Forecast as Small Reactors Finally Take Off

Suggested"


### Discussion #13 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 4 comments · 200 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T20:10:14.141000+00:00  



> 
> "What is this rock? Found in the woods behind my house in South Shore Massachusetts"


### Discussion #14 by @ameliarenataa_
> **Author:** [@ameliarenataa_](https://x.com/ameliarenataa_)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 197 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T19:33:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ameliarenataa_/status/2106467572593963452](https://x.com/ameliarenataa_/status/2106467572593963452)  


> 
> "Have you ever tried an experiment like this?"


### Discussion #15 by @genzheganjue
> **Author:** [@genzheganjue](https://x.com/genzheganjue)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 174 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T19:07:41+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/genzheganjue/status/2106461202226241601](https://x.com/genzheganjue/status/2106461202226241601)  


> 
> "普林斯顿物理学家撕破气候骗局： 二氧化碳是生命之源而非“毒物”，地球正处于“二氧化碳饥荒”！
PRINCETON PHYSICIST EXPOSES CLIMATE SCAM: CO2 Is Plant Food, Not Pollution—Earth Is in a "Carbon Famine""


### Discussion #16 by @Sausius_wx
> **Author:** [@Sausius_wx](https://x.com/Sausius_wx)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 135 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T20:21:12+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Sausius_wx/status/2106479703829917940](https://x.com/Sausius_wx/status/2106479703829917940)  


> 
> "Safe to say that Choi-wan is now a major typhoon (C3+ SSHWS). Automated fixes are struggling but latest subj. estimates are all such, CMA as high as 115 kts. Lets see how far it can get. Environment remains very favourable for another 24-36 hours. M-PERC sniffing someething tho."


### Discussion #17 by @_cosmicearth
> **Author:** [@_cosmicearth](https://x.com/_cosmicearth)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 123 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T20:09:59+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2106476882166448134](https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2106476882166448134)  


> 
> "This is what an aurora looks like in real time"


### Discussion #18 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 100 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T20:24:30.648000+00:00  



> 
> "Help identifying very shiny, flaky rock?"


### Discussion #19 by @nbcbayarea
> **Author:** [@nbcbayarea](https://x.com/nbcbayarea)  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 79 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T20:44:21+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/nbcbayarea/status/2106485527859831161](https://x.com/nbcbayarea/status/2106485527859831161)  


> **Visual Context:** A news graphic featuring a deer with overlaid text reading 'Volunteers needed for the '2026 Roadside Wildlife Count' project,' credited to Pathways for Wildlife and NBC Bay Area.  

> 
> "From now until Oct. 11, volunteers are needed to help track wildlife by the road via an app to get more funding for wildlife crossings. 
trib.al/4EwFatM"